Out of the common road; apart; -- utilized in composition, providing this is of anything aside, additional, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or preventing notice. It absolutely was formerly much more freely utilized in structure than it is currently

Near; close to; beside; with; about: as, sit by me; the home appears by a river.

almost, or as much as and past, with regards to movement; past: as, to move or go by a church.

Along (in way or development); in or through (the program of); over or alongside of: as, to approach a town by the highway.

On; upon; specifically, through or on as a method of conveyance: since, he journeyed both by-water by rail.

Through. Through activity or operation of, as the immediate broker or the creating or instigating cause: as, the empire established by Napoleon; a novel compiled by Cooper; the victories gained by Nelson; a photo coated by Rubens.

with all the perception of, as the subject or person of activity or feeling: as, he passed away regretted by all who understood him; this was sensed by all of them becoming an intentional small. Through the means or agency of, once the intermediate broker or instrument: because, the town ended up being destroyed by fire.

by using; with the aid of, as means: as, to take by force; by your leave.

In consequence of; by virtue of.

In adjuration: Before; in the presence of; with all the experience of; regarding things, in view of, in consideration of: followed by the name regarding the being or thing appealed to as sanction: since, I interest you by all that is sacred.

based on; by direction, expert, instance, or evidence of: as, this seems by his or her own account; its ten o'clock by my view; they're good principles to reside by.

in measure or level of; into the regards to: as, to sell fabric because of the lawn, milk by the quart, eggs because of the dozen, meat by the pound; to board by the few days.

compared: on degree of: noting mensuration or perhaps the measure or ratio of extra or inferiority: as, largerby a half; older by 5 years; to minimize by a 3rd.

Multiplied into: noting the connection of one dimension to some other (in square or cubic measure): as, five foot by four, that's, measuring five legs in one way and four foot in other.

during; within the compass or period of: as, by day; by night.

At (a terminal point of the time); maybe not later than; as early as: as, by now sunlight had increased; he'll be around by two o'clock.

At a time; each independently or singly: since, one after the other; two by two; piece by piece.

Without help; by specific activity exclusively: because, I did it simply by myself.

[The adverbial use just isn't present AS., and is unusual in ME.] Near; in identical place with; available: often (ahead of the verb constantly) skilled by a more definite adverb; as, near by; near by; tough by.

Aside; off.

of movement: around in front or along side and past: as, the carriage passed.

period: In the past; over.

at a time; straightway; straight away; then.

at some point in the future; in a short time; currently.

An obsolete spelling of buy.

An obsolete variation of be.

An obsolete variant of bi-, be- (unaccented). See be-.

the present day as a type of bi-, be-, underneath the accent, as in byspell, byword, etc.